Peg Leg Howell - The Legendary Peg Leg Howell lp (Sutro Park)

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PEG LEG HOWELL was a forgotten, impoverished blues artist when
musicologist George Mitchell recorded him at age 75 in 1963. It is these
recordings that make up The Legendary Peg Leg Howell record originally
on Testament. But Peg Leg was actually part of the original wave of
blues recording artists, recording for Columbia in 1926. His story is
like many: when success proved illusive, he turned his back on music and
settled for bootlegging and other types of work until rediscovered in
the ‘60s. By then, he was old and fragile—qualities that translate
beautifully on this quiet, haunting record that would be the bookend to a
recording output that was tragically small but truly rich. The
Legendary Peg Leg Howell is a sonic novel, filled with storytelling,
drama, history and sadness. Hope and compassion. It is a classic.
Reissue includes amazing front cover woodcut of Peg Leg.

As heard on the Mississippi "Which Way Does the Blood Red River Flow"?